I have heard several
television and radio broadcasts and also read
articles on the Internet that suggest a revival
is needed for Christians across the USA. It is
my opinion that most, if not all Christians
could use a revival so I put down some thoughts
regarding the possibility of a revival taking
place in America and what we must do in order to
make it successful.

Let's first define revival from the
Free dictionary:

Revival:

1.

a. The act or an instance of
reviving.

b. The condition of being revived.

2. A
restoration to use, acceptance, activity,
or vigor after a period of obscurity or
quiescence.

3. A new
presentation of an old play, movie, opera,
ballet, or similar vehicle.

4.

a. A
time of reawakened interest in religion.

b.
A meeting or series of meetings for the
purpose of reawakening religious faith,
often characterized by impassioned
preaching and public testimony.

5. Law.
Renewal of validity or effect, as of a
contract or judicial decision.

Items 2 and 4b would be a good definition of
revival: A meeting or series of
meetings for the purpose of reawakening
religious faith, often characterized by
impassioned preaching and public testimony
and a restoration to use, acceptance,
activity, or vigor after a period of
obscurity, quiescence or neglect.

I believe that a revival is desperately needed
by myself and for most of the Christians in the
USA. We need to reawaken our enthusiasm
for fellowship with and service to God and to
turn from those things of the world that would
lead us to sin against Him.

Here's what we need to do to have a RevivalAccomplishing a revival is not complicated,
but it's not easy; here's the scripture from 2
Chronicles 7:14:

If my people, who are
called by my name, shall humble themselves,
and pray, and seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will
heal their land.

Some of the television programs say: "We should
then elect Christian politicians into office so
the nationwide revival can then start".
However, there's nothing in this verse that says
we must introduce the right legislation or to
contribute money or time to elect a particular
candidate to get the "right" legislation enacted
in order to promote revival. It does say that a
revival occurs at the individual level.
Any Christian should first recognize their
failings, because we all fail God daily.
We should then get down on our knees and pray
something like this: Lord,
have mercy on me a sinner(Luke
18:13b). This shows our humility and that
from our own power we have no spiritual
strength. We should then confess our sins
to God, asking for God's forgiveness for each
specific sin we are guilty of: If we confess our sins, He
is just and righteous to forgive us our sins
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness (I
John 1:9). Since we are sorry for and turn
from our sins and ask for the forgiveness of
God, we will then be cleansed from them and we
can then ready for the next step.

We should then "seek God's face". This
means that we should think on the things of God:
His holiness and righteousness; His infinite
power, such as His Creation of the Universe and
the Earth and its inhabitants; His goodness--how
He is very kind towards us, giving us many
chances to repent of our sins and to then seek
to do His will, (i.e., what He commands us to do
written in the Holy Bible). We should
praise Him in our prayers and recognize the
wonderful things He has done for us; and we
should open our hearts to Him: Behold, I stand at the door
and knock: if any man hear my voice and open
the door, I will come in to him, and will
sup with him, and he with me (Rev
3:20). We should then begin a fellowship and a
walk with Him. We should often tell Him
that we love Him and we should give thanks to
Him for the many blessings that He lovingly
bestows upon us. We should then be aware
of His holiness and praise Him for His goodness
and the purity of His character.

We should then be aware of the good works that
He will then prepare for us to accomplish: For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God afore prepared that we should walk in
them (Ephesians 2:10). Once
we understand these directives from God for good
works, we should go out and accomplish them
through the power of the Holy Spirit. We
should then stop cheating in our businesses,
stop viewing pornography, stop having
extramarital affairs, stop overeating, stop
driving aggressively and disobeying traffic
laws, stop thinking evil thoughts (especially of
violence to others and wanting to "get even"
with others that may have hurt us), stop
gossiping, stop yelling at our spouses or
children, start bringing up our children in the
way of the Lord, start reading and discussing
the Holy Bible with our family, start praying
daily (Prayer, a hands-on
Workbook ) for our needs and praising God,
and start being kind to people rather than being
disrespectful. Do you get the idea--we
should repent of our evil ways and begin a life
of discipleship. The Holy Bible gives in
great detail how to become a disciple of Jesus
Christ, so it must be studied daily to show us
how to be faithful to Him.

If these actions were to be started by a
majority of Christians in the USA there would be
a tremendous revival in this country.
Crime rates would drop. Abortions would
drop. Divorces would drop. Alcohol and
drug abuse would drop and so on. God would
fix the unemployment problems in this
country. He would stop the droughts,
tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and flooding.
He would cure the diseases and depression.
There are tremendous advantages for us if most
Christians would be disciples of Jesus Christ,
while we are living in this world.

Note that the 2 Chronicles verse says nothing
about what God expects the unsaved to do--it
says what we Christians should do. If
Christians were to obey this scripture, God
would find a way to also reduce the crime and
sin that is committed and make the USA a safer
place to live in. Nothing is too difficult
for God to accomplish.

Will there be a Revival?

With these ideas in mind, will we see a church-wide
revival in the Christian Church in America in these
last days of the church age?

Yes, there will be a revival in the Christian
churches across the USA and it will be the most
successful revival in all of the 2,000 year church
history. Unfortunately, the revival will occur
after the First Fruits Rapture and it will
then be too late for a majority of Christians to
escape the Tribulation. The reason that the revival
will occur later rather than earlier, is because few
Christians have read or heard and obeyed the verse
in 2 Chronicles 7:14.

This revival will happen because Jesus will somehow
appear to unfaithful Christians just before the
start of the Tribulation (Parable of the Five Wise
and Five Foolish Virgins). He will tell
most of the Christian congregations that they have
not been faithful to Him during their time on the
earth but He loves them and has decided to prepare
them spiritually so they can become faithful during
the Tribulation. Read The
Letters to the Seven Churches to see how the
works of each of the seven churches are
evaluated in the Book of Revelation. The only
two churches that Jesus praises is the Church at
Smyrna--the persecuted church and the Church at
Philadelphia--the faithful Christ-centered
Bible church or home church. The Catholic
Church and the Protestant Church are given scant
praise and much condemnation. The Mega or
large TV church, the Laodicea Church is given no
praise at all, only condemnation. For these
three "left behind" churches, He encourages them to
overcome their failures and to live for God and not
themselves. If individual members would now
participate in a revival, then they would become
members of the Church at Philadelphia and be taken
to Heaven in the First Fruits Rapture, just before
the beginning of the Tribulation.

When Jesus appears at the very end of the church
age, all Christians will somehow see him:Be ye also ready: for in an
hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh (Luke 12:40).
They will be overwhelmed by the glory of His
presence and because of this they will listen
intently to every word He speaks to them and most
will enthusiastically want to follow Him.
Read The
Last Days of the Church Age for details of
this preparation given by Jesus to His less faithful
followers just before the beginning of the
Tribulation.

What's your response?

We are in the final days of the Church Age just
before the beginning of the Tribulation, so there's
not much time to begin a revival in our lives.
We can start today to say no to evil and to
pray and study and obey the truths found in our
Bibles and to watch and pray for the return of
Jesus. Those Christians that do these things
will be transformed into Philadelphia Christians and
thus be taken to Heaven when Jesus initiates the
First Fruits Rapture. I suggest that you read
the following article that presents several ideas
for becoming a faithful disciple of Jesus: How to Crucify Self.

As a whole, the Christian
church will not be revived before the start
of the Tribulation. However, there can
be a revival at the individual level.
If you want a revival for yourself, it will
happen because God will see to it that you
are revived. You just need to ask God
the Father to revive you: My
Father in Heaven, I want a revival to
begin in my life and I want it to start
right now. Please forgive me of my
sins and help me to be more holy and more
faithful and to obey and walk daily with
You. I can only do this through your
power. Through Jesus Christ my Lord,
Amen.